Book of Integration Council New - Ministry of Home Affairs

(b) Ensuring that the peace committees hold regular consultation with the leaders
of different communities and organizations,
(c) Instituting the Judicial Inquiry to probe into the recent attacks on some churches,
(d) Arrest of all suspected miscreants immediately in these incidents, irrespective of
caste, creed and community,
(e) Organized a series of meetings with Christian community leaders and priests.
Sir, on behalf of the Government of Karnataka, I suggest the following:-
(i) The Government of India should be proactive in extending assistance to the
State Governments to tackle the increase in terrorist threats, especially those
funded and supported by external forces.
(ii) The Union Government should take effective steps to stop infilteration of
terrorists from across the western and eastern borders of our country. All foreigners
over staying and fomenting communal trouble should be identified and deported.
(iii) The Minister of External Affairs and Home Affairs together should bring in
stringent VISA rules and norms on the lines of USA and European countries
for citizens of certain nations harbouring terrorists.
(iv) A national citizen registry should be created at the earliest. Government of
India should provide the templates for all States to enable uniformity. Karnataka
offers to become the pilot State for issue of multi purpose national identity card
for the purpose.
(v) The Governnemt of India should initiate immediate action to trace the sources
of foreign funding for the terrorist organizations which are operating in the
country and curb their further funding.
(vi) The Union Government should come out with a Central legislation to handle
terrorist activities similar to PoTA 2000.
(vii) The Government of India also needs to consider bringing a Central Legislation
to prevent forcible religious conversions.
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